Sleeping-bag.



A. FIALA.

SLEEPING BAG.

APPLICATION TILED JULY'Q, 1912.

Patented June 10,1913.

8mm 35 Jghony 50/0 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (20., WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNTTTJD STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

ANTHONY FIALA, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SLEEPING-BAG.

" all who 1n it may concern ie it known that I, ANTHONY FIALA, a.citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sleeping-Bags; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to sleeping bags and particularly to that classused by explorers and has for an object to provide a bag which mayreceive a person and which has portions thereof capable of being wrappedaround the head and shoulders of a person.

A further object of this invention is to provide a sleeping bag havingthe portions thereof about the opening capable of being compactly foldedabout the head and shoulders of a person therein.

A further object is to provide a sleeping bag having flaps which form anopening and extensions from a flap which is foldable under the principalflaps to absolutely envelop the body of a person therein.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specification,appended claim and drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bag showing the flaps swung wideopen, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the flaps in partly closedposition, and, Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the bag completelyclosed as in usage.

in sleeping bags where it is desired to provide a comparatively largeopening for access thereto, it is difiicult to provide such an enlargedopening and at the same time permit the bag to be comfort-ably closedafter the person gets into it.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, there is shown the sidepieces and 11 which may be one continuous piece formed in a U shape andhaving the ends thereof connected by the end 12, or the sides 10 and 11may be made of separate pieces and stitched together as shown. The sides10 and 11 and the end 12 are stitched to the edge of a bottom piece 1 1and a top piece 15 which top piece extends to Within Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1912.

Patented June 18,1913.

Serial No. 708,514.

a short distance of the rounded end of the bag. From where the top piece15 terminates, flaps l6 and 17 are secured to the side pieces 10 and 11which flaps are cut to conform with the rounded end of the bag and whichflaps overlap each other in their completely folded position as shown inFig. 3 of the drawing. Secured to the end of the top 15 or if so desiredmade integral therewith is a flap 18 which may be stitched to the end asshown at 19 and which flap may be made of a desired width and of alength greater than the width of the bag so as to form additional flaps20 which when in use are folded about the shoulders of the party in thebag so as to completely envelop the shoulders and prevent any cold airfrom passing between the flaps 16, 17 and 18.

Then a person desires to use the bag, he enters through the openingformed by the flaps 16, 17 and 18 then he draws the flap 18 up to hisneck tucking the flaps 20 under his shoulders then the flaps 16 and 17are placed so as to allow their edges to surround the face of the wearerwhich is the only part of the body not covered by a bag of this kind.

I do not restrict myself to the identical form shown in the drawingssubmitted herewith as they are for illustrative purposes only and Havingthus described my invention I claim:

A sleeping bag comprising an elongated bag having one end rounded, oneof the sides thereof having an opening therein adjacent the rounded end,a flap formed by the shortened side formed by the opening extendingbeyond the edge of the opening, extensions from said flap beyond theedges of said side, said extensions being foldable within the bag and aflap carried by each of the sides surrounding the opening, said flapspartially overlapping one another and the first mentioned flap and itsextensions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY FIALA.

Witnesses K. L. CLUNEY, S. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe fiommissioner of latents, Washington, D. C.

